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22nd April 2008, 12:14

VoyTech

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Re: The best USAAF fighter pilots have been the soviets

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Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád

USSR (and, implicitely, the Soviet pilots) was a member of the 'Allies'.

You mean, after their (forced) about-face of June 1941?

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A more interesting question though is can the Finns be also considered as part of the 'Allies' after their about-face of Sept. 1944?

Finns can certainly be considered as part of the Allies in 1939-1940, long before the USSR changed sides.

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